Windows Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 144 362 374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.59% 17.43% 14.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.29% 73.43% 65.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 238 218
10th Percentile £166 £155 £142
25th Percentile £200 £190 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% +10.17%
75th Percentile £471 £534 £438
90th Percentile £575 £631 £495
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 59 66
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.26 £12.81
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.16 £17.00 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year -16.71% +8.83% -5.33%
75th Percentile £62.19 £24.62 £24.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £66.75 £49.38
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.24% +12.50% +17.65%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 224 493 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.81% 23.74% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 334 317
10th Percentile £175 £160 £158
25th Percentile £235 £210 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +4.69% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £494
90th Percentile £650 £700 £618
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 65 90
10th Percentile £13.57 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £17.75 £20.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -12.13% +22.42%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -19 56 £350 -17.65% 57
Cambridgeshire -15 42 £240 -16.52% 76
Essex -7 18 £219 +4.40% 27
Bedfordshire -13 16 £250 +19.05% 7
Suffolk +13 11 £199 -11.67% 9
Norfolk -9 1 - - 16
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (11.11%) IIS
3 13 (9.03%) CMS
4 12 (8.33%) SharePoint
4 12 (8.33%) Tomcat
5 10 (6.94%) Apache
6 4 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.39%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.39%) Shopify
2 1 (0.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.53%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (17.36%) Azure
3 7 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.39%) AWS
4 2 (1.39%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) TCP/IP
2 10 (6.94%) HTTP
3 8 (5.56%) SMTP
3 8 (5.56%) VPN
4 7 (4.86%) H.323
5 5 (3.47%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.47%) Wireless
6 4 (2.78%) DNS
6 4 (2.78%) Firewall
6 4 (2.78%) FTP
6 4 (2.78%) WAN
7 3 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.08%) LAN
7 3 (2.08%) SSL
7 3 (2.08%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (2.08%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.39%) Kerberos
8 2 (1.39%) SAN
9 1 (0.69%) DHCP
9 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Git
2 7 (4.86%) Mercurial
2 7 (4.86%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.78%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.08%) Fiddler
4 3 (2.08%) JIRA
5 1 (0.69%) CMake
5 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.69%) MSI
General
1 41 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (9.03%) Telecoms
3 9 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.56%) Marketing
4 8 (5.56%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.17%) Legal
5 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.78%) Military
7 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.08%) Electronics
8 3 (2.08%) Finance
8 3 (2.08%) Retail
9 1 (0.69%) Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (24.31%) Analyst
2 29 (20.14%) Support Engineer
3 19 (13.19%) Service Analyst
3 19 (13.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 12 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 12 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) IT Support
5 11 (7.64%) Windows Engineer
6 10 (6.94%) Administrator
6 10 (6.94%) Senior
6 10 (6.94%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (6.94%) Software Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Desktop Support
7 9 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
7 9 (6.25%) Technical Services Analyst
8 7 (4.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 7 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.86%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.86%) .NET
1 7 (4.86%) NumPy
1 7 (4.86%) Pandas
1 7 (4.86%) React
1 7 (4.86%) SciPy
1 7 (4.86%) Web Services
2 6 (4.17%) LDAP
3 4 (2.78%) Node.js
4 3 (2.08%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.08%) SAML
5 2 (1.39%) MFC
5 2 (1.39%) Middleware
5 2 (1.39%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.39%) VML
5 2 (1.39%) WinForms
5 2 (1.39%) WPF
6 1 (0.69%) FFmpeg
6 1 (0.69%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.33%) Cyberattack
2 11 (7.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 11 (7.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (5.56%) IVR
3 8 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.86%) iPad
4 7 (4.86%) iPhone
5 6 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.47%) Social Media
7 4 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.78%) NHS
7 4 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.08%) BYOD
8 3 (2.08%) Clustering
9 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.39%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.39%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.69%) MPEG
10 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.47%) Linux
2 31 (21.53%) Windows Server
3 29 (20.14%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.47%) Android
6 4 (2.78%) Unix
6 4 (2.78%) Windows 2000
6 4 (2.78%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (2.08%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.39%) AIX
8 2 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.39%) Solaris
8 2 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.53%) ITIL
2 27 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 25 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (10.42%) Software Engineering
6 14 (9.72%) Incident Response
7 12 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 11 (7.64%) Change Management
8 11 (7.64%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (7.64%) Security Operations
9 10 (6.94%) ITSM
10 9 (6.25%) Service Delivery
10 9 (6.25%) Time Management
11 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (5.56%) Problem Management
12 7 (4.86%) Code Quality
12 7 (4.86%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (4.86%) Data Collection
12 7 (4.86%) Data Pipeline
12 7 (4.86%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.11%) C#
2 14 (9.72%) Python
3 12 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.56%) C++
6 4 (2.78%) SQL
7 2 (1.39%) C++/CLI
8 1 (0.69%) Bash
8 1 (0.69%) C
8 1 (0.69%) Java
8 1 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 27 (18.75%) Degree
3 17 (11.81%) MCP
4 16 (11.11%) CCNA
4 16 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.72%) SC Cleared
6 12 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 12 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.86%) MCSA
9 5 (3.47%) A+ Certification
9 5 (3.47%) MCSE
10 4 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (2.08%) CCNP
11 3 (2.08%) ECDL
11 3 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.39%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.72%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.08%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.69%) HDFS
5 1 (0.69%) NFS
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (16.67%) SCCM
2 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.17%) SCOM
4 5 (3.47%) MAILsweeper
5 4 (2.78%) WSUS
6 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.69%) Ansible
7 1 (0.69%) Autotask
7 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 67 (46.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.42%) Citrix
3 13 (9.03%) Splunk
3 13 (9.03%) VMware
4 12 (8.33%) Darktrace
4 12 (8.33%) FireEye
4 12 (8.33%) LogRhythm
5 9 (6.25%) SAP
6 8 (5.56%) Avaya
6 8 (5.56%) Cisco
6 8 (5.56%) NetApp
6 8 (5.56%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.86%) Sophos
8 6 (4.17%) IronPort
9 5 (3.47%) F5
9 5 (3.47%) Trend Micro
9 5 (3.47%) Verint
10 3 (2.08%) Apple
10 3 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.08%) Symantec